2015-03-25T15:31:08-05:00 2014-08-31 364049282 PASQUESI SHEPPARD LLC 585 BANK LANE LAKE FOREST IL 60045 990 2013-09-01 237104524 ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ALLI 3129390838 150 N MICHIGAN AVENUE NO 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 JOEL BRAMMEIER PRESIDENT & CEO 3129390838 2015-02-12 1 DENNIS P O'BRIEN P00008832 8472345000 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z JOEL BRAMMEIER 150 N MICHIGAN AVENUE NO 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 3461091 0 X WWW.GREATLAKES.ORG X 1971 IL TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESH WATER RESOURSE USING POLICY, EDUCATION AND LOCAL EFFORTS, ENSURING A HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND CLEAN WATER FOR THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. 25 25 22 13500 0 0 2541026 3030587 336961 319418 29072 41350 -90390 -44291 2816669 3347064 0 0 0 0 1212299 1482810 0 0 247996 1189899 1256742 2402198 2739552 414471 607512 2597651 3316464 167660 188608 2429991 3127856 X TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESH WATER RESOURCE USING POLICY, EDUCATION AND LOCAL EFFORTS, ENSURING A HEALTHY GREAT LAKES AND CLEAN WATER FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE. 0 0 758076 23238 PROTECTION AND PREVENTION: WE ENDEAVOR TO PREDICT FUTURE IMPACTS TO THE GREAT LAKES, AND PROTECT THE LAKES FROM IRREVERSIBLE AND CHRONIC HARM. OUR STAFF WORKS EACH DAY TO ASSURE THAT THE GREAT LAKES CAN BE SAFELY ENJOYED BY PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE FOR GENERATIONS. WE CHAMPION AND ENFORCE EXISTING POLICIES, SEARCH FOR PLACES WHERE EXISTING POLICY IS FAILING THE LAKES AND USE POLICY REFORM, LEGAL TOOLS AND CITIZEN ACTION TO FORCE IMPROVEMENTS.THE ALLIANCE REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO KEEP ASIAN CARP OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES. STOPPING CARP MEANS RE-THINKING HOW CHICAGO'S WATERWAYS ARE USED AND ENJOYED BY EVERYONE. WORKING CLOSELY WITH MANY PARTNERS, WE ARE PURSUING AN APPROACH THAT INVOLVES FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO STOP INVASIVE SPECIES, SEPARATE THE GREAT LAKES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND MAKE THE CHICAGO RIVER THE GEM IT COULD BE AT THE CENTER OF A GREAT CITY. MASSIVE ALGAL BLOOMS PROMPTED BANS ON LAKE ERIE DRINKING WATER RANGING FROM TWO DAYS TO NEARLY TWO WEEKS THIS SUMMER. THE DRINKING WATER BANS AFFECTED NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM TOLEDO TO PELEE ISLAND. COMMUNITIES ALONG WESTERN LAKE ERIE ALSO SAW THEIR BEACHES CLOSED TO SWIMMING AND OTHER RECREATION DUE TO THE TOXIN-GENERATING BLOOMS, WHICH ARE AMONG THE WORST IN A GENERATION. SOLVING THE PROBLEM MEANS ADDRESSING HEAD-ON THE MAIN SOURCES OF THIS POLLUTION: NUTRIENT RUNOFF FROM FARMS AND DISCHARGES FROM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS. WE PRESENTED TO A COALITION OF U.S AND CANADIAN MAYORS FROM AROUND THE GREAT LAKES REGION CONVENED BY MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL, RESULTING IN THE MAYORS ISSUING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GREAT LAKES STATES TO SET CLEAR STANDARDS FOR DRAMATICALLY REDUCING POLLUTION TO LAKE ERIE. THE ALLIANCE ALSO IMPROVED THE CRITICAL LAKE ERIE ECOSYSTEM PRIORITY (LEEP) REPORT BY THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION (IJC), WHICH IS PART OF THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT-ENSURING THERE ARE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL TARGETS AND TIMELINES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUNTIES SURROUNDING GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN THE ALLIANCE IS ESTABLISHING AN URBAN-RURAL COLLABORATIVE THAT CAN IMPLEMENT WISCONSIN'S PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION STANDARD UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER. THIS PRECEDENT-SETTING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WILL HELP ADDRESS THE GROWING PROBLEM OF ALGAL BLOOMS IN GREEN BAY AND THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES.FROM STOPPING THE SS BADGER (WI) FROM DUMPING COAL ASH DIRECTLY IN LAKE MICHIGAN TO HELPING PASS THE FIRST BAN ON MICROBEADS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (IL), TO ENGAGING DIVERSE PARTNERS TO ADDRESS EMERGING THREATS TO THE LAKES, THE ALLIANCE IS STOPPING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ENTERING OUR LAKES EVERY DAY. ONE SUCH EMERGING THREAT IS THE POTENTIAL SHIPMENT OF HEAVY CRUDE OIL BY LAKE VESSEL, WHICH MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP FROM THE LAKES SHOULD A SPILL OCCUR. THE ALLIANCE PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THIS POTENTIAL HAZARD AND WAS ABLE TO PREVENT A PERMIT BEING ISSUED FOR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIRST OF ITS KIND CRUDE OIL SHIPPING DOCK IN LAKE SUPERIOR.IN OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP WATER IN OUR LAKES, THE ALLIANCE HAS BEEN WORKING TO STRENGTHEN IMPLEMENTATION RULES ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF THE IMPENDING WAUKESHA DIVERSION REQUEST AND OTHER POTENTIAL REQUESTS UNDER THE GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE WATER RESOURCE COMPACT. BOTH INDIANA AND ILLINOIS ARE POISED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND WATER USE RULES THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE ALLIANCE'S EFFORTS. 896273 154882 CULTURE OF CLEAN WATER: THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION DEPENDS ON MAKING THE LAKES A CORNERSTONE OF EVERY DECISION MADE BY THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE REGION. THE ALLIANCE FOSTERS THIS PHILOSOPHY THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT REACH INDIVIDUALS, STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CREATE BOTH ON-THE-GROUND IMPACT AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS. OUR LARGEST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, ADOPT-A-BEACH INVOLVES MORE THAN 12,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO CLEAN UP AND MONITOR 350 PLUS COASTAL SITES ON ALL FIVE OF THE GREAT LAKES. FROM PICKING UP THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TRASH TO RESTORING MANY ACRES OF VITAL DUNE HABITAT TO COLLECTING DATA THAT HAS INFLUENCED STATE AND FEDERAL LAKE POLICY, THE ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM SHOWS TIME AND AGAIN THAT LOCAL ACTION CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT. THE PROGRAM, NOW IN ALL EIGHT OF THE STATES THAT BORDER THE GREAT LAKES, GOES BEYOND THE DAY AT THE BEACH TO VOLUNTEERS CHANGING THEIR ATTITUDES AND COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION OVERALL. IN OUR SURVEYS OVERWHELMINGLY VOLUNTEERS AGREED THAT THIS PROGRAM GAVE THEM A STRONGER CONNECTION TO THE LAKE; INCREASED THEIR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT; EXPANDED THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING BEACH HEALTH; AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO BOTH MAKE CHANGES AT HOME AND TALK TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND/OR COLLEAGUES ABOUT SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. THE ALLIANCE WAS INVITED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) TO HELP DEVELOP A MARINE DEBRIS CONTROL AND CLEANUP PROGRAM TARGETED SPECIFICALLY TO THE GREAT LAKES. TRADITIONALLY, NOAA'S MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM HAS FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE OCEANS AND THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE, GREAT LAKES FOCUSED PLAN WE WILL GENERATE MORE FUNDING, AWARENESS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE ALLIANCE ALSO COMPLETED SMALL SCALE RESTORATION PROJECTS IN CHICAGO, IL, DETROIT, MI AND CLEVELAND, OH WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEERS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GROUPS AND PARK DISTRICTS. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE CITIZEN LEADERS WHO ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PARTNERS TO MAKE ON-THE-GROUND IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR COASTLINE. TO FURTHER ENGAGE YOUTH THE ALLIANCE TRAINED 500 TEACHERS AND ACTIVATED MORE THAN 60,000 STUDENTS AS ON-THE-GROUND STEWARDS THROUGH OUR GREAT LAKES IN MY WORLD CURRICULUM. FOCUS HAS BEEN ON WORKING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-TERM STUDENT LEARNING AND THE ALLIANCE HAS DISTRICT LEVEL PROJECTS IN CHICAGO, IL; EVANSTON, IL; MICHIGAN CITY, IN; CLEVELAND, OH AND RACINE, WI. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REPORTED POSITIVE CHANGES IN THEIR ATTITUDES ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO THE CURRICULUM. 563271 141298 BUILDING RESILIENCE: THE ALLIANCE BELIEVES WE CAN HELP OUR GREAT LAKES ADAPT TO CHANGE. SOME DAMAGE DONE CAN BE REVERSED, AND NEW ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS CAN BE CREATED. IN MICHIGAN CITY, IN THE ALLIANCE IS LEADING A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MADE UP OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND REGIONAL EXPERTS THAT HAS CREATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLIMATE SMART POLICIES THAT COMBINE LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, RELATED INCENTIVES, AND A LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY-AND THE FIRST RECOMMENDED POLICY HAS BEEN PASSED BY MICHIGAN CITY-THEREBY HELPING IMPROVE OUR COASTLINE AND MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. MORE POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE ON THE WAY DURING THE COMING YEAR. WE ARE CONDUCTING A SIMILAR PROJECT IN THE CHICAGO-MILWAUKEE CORRIDOR WITH A GROUP OF EARLY ADOPTERS INCLUDING MUNICIPAL LANDOWNERS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO A HEALTHY AND CLIMATE RESILIENT SYSTEM OF GLOBALLY UNIQUE COASTAL RAVINES.IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, THE ALLIANCE CO-CHAIRED THE HEALING OUR WATERS - GREAT LAKES COALITION AND WORKED CONSISTENTLY TO SUPPORT FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE. IN ADDITION, WE COMMUNICATED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND IN IMPROVING THE TIMELINESS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CRITICAL MUNICIPAL SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 2217620 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL IN NY OH MI WI MN X X THE ORGANIZATION 3129390838 150 N MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 700 CHICAGO IL 60601 JIM RIDGWAY CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL SHELDRAKE VICE CHAIR FOR DEVELOPMENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATE BARTTER VICE CHAIR FOR POLICY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LORI COLMAN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUE CONATSER TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL BOTTS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW BRETT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN COOPER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL CULHANE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEN DEBEAUSSAERT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA NINHAM HOEFT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID M KELLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH LOESER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY MACDONALD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS DENBOW BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN MIHALO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOY MULINEX BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN ROTHENBERG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL SCHNEIDER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY REUTTER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM JEFFERSON BLACK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANJIV SINHA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE SOLBERG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 UNMI SONG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOB TAFT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOEL BRAMMEIER PRESIDENT & CEO 40.00 X 127880 0 5480 CAROLYN SCHOLZ INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPY DIRECTOR 40.00 X 102416 0 4238 230296 0 9718 2 0 0 0 0 201078 2829509 104520 3030587 CONTRACT REVENUES 541900 309736 309736 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 9682 9682 319418 41350 41350 26646 0 26646 26646 26646 43090 201078 114027 -70937 -70937 3347064 319418 0 -2941 X 137199 96272 32727 8200 1084102 857469 95938 130695 168972 131954 17801 19217 92537 72264 9749 10524 21000 21000 659098 591176 49070 18852 88677 57846 256 30575 8975 7623 582 770 142045 120645 9218 12182 96379 89768 1874 4737 41328 40231 275 822 19757 16781 1282 1694 SUPPLIES 60808 56651 1176 2981 MISCELLANEOUS 38982 7182 31075 725 COMMUNICATIONS 31345 31269 76 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 24943 21185 1619 2139 23405 19304 294 3807 2739552 2217620 273936 247996 779905 1370419 625000 625000 153272 157055 38358 66795 201837 135117 21228 66720 979888 1030475 2597651 3316464 140078 117981 27582 70627 167660 188608 X 1449907 1729002 980084 1398854 2429991 3127856 2597651 3316464 607512 90353 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1610017 1738972 2438832 2541026 3030587 11359434 1610017 1738972 2438832 2541026 3030587 11359434 1310499 10048935 11726 11939 21041 29072 67996 141774 1373 1373 11502581 1470277 0.87360 0.83420 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 622 0 0 622 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: THE ALLIANCE SOUGHT ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR A BAN ON PLASTIC MICROBEADS. 1170379 1780615 13812 1361845 1602961 968552 1296376 3447 1097996 1170379 510621 1183500 12229 737798 968552 139906 361772 8993 510621 99763 30576 9567 139906 0.12700 0.00000 0.87300 0 0 51648 39813 11835 150189 95304 54885 66720 DEFERRED RENT 70627 70627 X 4919270 90353 1367826 114027 1572206 3347064 0 3347064 4221405 1367826 114027 1481853 2739552 0 2739552 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED A FOOTNOTE STATING THAT THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED THE "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" CRITERIA AND DETERMINED THAT ALL OF ITS TAX POSITIONS MEET THAT CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT RECORD ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR DISCLOSE ANY SITUATIONS THAT AROSE FROM UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUND RAISING EVENT EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST EVENT REVENUES. 114,027. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUND RAISING EVENT EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST EVENT REVENUES. 114,027. SOCIAL 244168 201078 43090 24633 3500 10539 2250 73105 244168 201078 43090 24633 3500 10539 2250 73105 114027 -70937 X 7 42497 MARKET VALUE X VARIOUS AUCTI 45 62023 RETAIL VALUE 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD TREASURER ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ALLIANCE MONITORS ALL SITUATIONS OR TRANSACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND ALSO EXPRECTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WOULD BRING ANY SUCH POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATED POLICY OF THE ALLIANCE. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST ARE MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPON REVIEW OF THE SITUAATION OR TRANSACTION IN QUESTION. IF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A PERSON WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT PERSON IS THEN PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BOARD'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE SITUATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD AND APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH INPUT FROM INDEPENDENT PERSONS AS DEEMED NECESSARY. INFORMATION IS OBTAINED FROM SURVEYS AND OTHER SOURCES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. DELIBERATIONS IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION AND THE BASIS FOR DECISIONS REACHED ARE DOCUMENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE YEAR UPON REQUEST. ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 591,176. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 49,070. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 18,852. TOTAL EXPENSES 659,098. FORM 990: PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT. THIS PROCESS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.